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Attachment of HDV through HBsAg
= HBsAg
Pre S1
sequence
in L protein
nucleus
hepatocyte
= HDV
HDV transferred to nucleus
= HBsAg
= HDV
nucleus
hepatocyte
HDV transferred to nucleus
= HBsAg
=HDV- RNA
nucleus
hepatocyte
Cell Ligase
HDV Ribozyme?
Replication of HDV-RNA
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= genomic HDV-RNA
= antigenomic HDV-RNA
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HOST
RNA polymerase II, I, III
HDV Ribozyme
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Cell Ligase
HDV Ribozyme?
Replication of HDV-RNA
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= genomic HDV-RNA
= antigenomic HDV-RNA
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HOST
RNA polymerase II, I, III
HDV Ribozyme
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Assembly of HDV virions
= HBsAg
= HDV-RNA
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nucleus
hepatocyte
Assembly of HDV virions
= HBsAg
= HDV
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nucleus
hepatocyte
Virion assembly
Assembly of HDV virions
= HBsAg
= HDV
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nucleus
hepatocyte
Virion assembly
Life cycle of HDV directed by post-translational
modification of HDAg
= HBsAg
= HDV
Transfer
HDAg
Acetylation
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Farnesylation
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Methylation
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Phosphorilation
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Sumoylation
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Export
nucleus
Replication
Virion Assembly
Therapeutic targets?
Inactivated by Myrcludex
= HBsAg
= HDV
Transfer
Attachment
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Blocked by farnesylation
inhibitors
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Export
nucleus
Replication
Virion Assembly
Liver transplantation for
end-stage HDV disease
• Valid treatment, survival good
• Risk of graft reinfection distinctly lower
than HBV
• HBIG with antivirals protect virtually every
transplant
Latent HDV infection in liver
How long does it persist?
Up to 3 years in human liver grafts
Rizzetto, 2006; Moderacke, 2011
Even six weeks after initiating HDV
infection, HBV can be used to
superinfect with assembly and release
of infectious HDV
Lugehetmann, Hepatology, 2011
A NEW MODEL OF HUMAN INFECTION?